Horseshoeing-rack.



No. 669,847; Y. Patented Mar. I2, |90I..

I C. C. MGDERMTT.

.HUBSESHUEING BACK. v(Applicfsxtion.led Aug. 15, 1899.)

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No. 669,847. Patented Mar. I2, |90I.

t. c. MnEnMoTT. HRSESHEING RACK.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. MCDERMOTT, OF KYANA, INDIANA..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,847, dated March 12, 1901.

Application filed August l5, 1899. Serial No.V 727,284. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. MODER- MOTT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Kyana, in the county of Dubois and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoeing-Racks, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to horseshoeingracks, and more particularly to that class adapted to hold the horse in such a position that he cannot injure himself or the blacksmith.

The object of the invention is to provide a horseshoeing-rack which may be easilyand quickly adjusted and one that will hold the horsein such a position that he cannot injure the blacksmith or himself and will efficiently perform all of its intended functions.

For the attainment of the several objects my invention consists, in brief, in certain details of construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts, all of which will be more fully described hereinafter, and the specic points of novelty in which will be designated in the appended claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of the complete device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view.

Referring by letters to the drawings, A represents two uprights having secured thereto oppositely-disposed gates B,provided approximately near their free ends with vertical bars C, adapted to slide up and down. Each of these hars carries cross-pieces D, which are intermediate the upper and lower portions of the gates and parallel with respect thereto.

They are held in position by oppositely-dis? posed plates bolted to the sides of the gates and are provided with chains E, adapted to receive the hooks or snaps F on the straps G, which serve as belly-bands adapted to support the horse when suspended for the purpose of shoeing.

Secured upon the top portion of the gates, approximately near the sliding bars, are lugs ILsupporting levers Lthe upper ends of which are curved, as shown at J. These curved portions are adapted to engage the angular arms K upon the sliding bars C. The levers are adapted to be held down by a spring K' on the lower portions of the gates.

Upon the free ends of the gates are plates L, the upper ends of which project above the top portions of the gates and are provided with eyes M. Their lower ends are bent at right angles to the lower portions of the gates andare provided with eyes N. The upper ends of the plates are adapted to receive and support a bar O, provided with loops O,which slip over the projections.

At a suitable distance from the free ends of the gates are oppositely-disposed uprights P, having eyebolts Q therein, adapted to receive the hooks R on one of the ends of the bars S, the other ends of which are also provided with hooks T, adapted to engage the eyes N in the plates L, and thereby hold the gate in a rigid position.

The bars U, which are provided with lugs V upon one of their ends, adapted to engage the eyes M and clamps W upon their other ends, which engage the bars S, are secured in position by the cams X.

Upon the lower portions of the gates, beneath the sliding bars, are chains or straps Y, adapted to receive and secure the breast-strap and breeching in the desired position.

Mode of operation Place the horse between the gates, then fasten the gates together by assembling the various parts, and after hooking the breast-strap and breeching to the straps Y the bellyband Gr should be made fast to the chains E, after which the horse may be suspended by forcing the levers I down and there held in a suspended position While being shod.

I desire here to distinctly state and emphasize the fact that although I have shown in the accompanying drawings and have described in the specification certain component and cooperative parts which I deem sufficiently improved and operative to carry out the fundamental principles incorporated, however I do not conne myself to the exact details of construction so illustrated and described, since obvious departuresmay be made without deviating from the inherent and generic features constituting the gist hereof.

Having thus described the various features of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

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ro pieces in an elevated position, the said levers held in position by a spring, and of chains upon the gates for su ppoiting the breast-strap and bieeehing, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature I5 in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHAS. C. MCDERMOTT. Witnesses:

TIMOTHY F. KELLY, C. E. WARMAN. 

